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21-03-2013, Thursday
The Polyglot Programmer

Use the right tool for the right job! Erlang has often been used together with other languages or systems. This track looks at examples of how Erlang can be integrated efficiently with other languages for optimal usage. It also lets you widen your horizons and delve into things non-Erlang.

21-03-2013, Thursday
DevOps

DevOps is a track looking at the emerging set of principles, methods and practices for communication, collaboration and integration between Software development and operations staff. Erlang old timers will say they have been doing DevOps for years, only calling it something different. This track looks at setting that record straight. It will cover tools, procedures and infrastructure needed in the management and deployment of Erlang systems.

21-03-2013, Thursday
Cool Tools and Gadgets

The Tools and Gadgets Track explores the latest tools and library applications for Erlang Developers, Testers and Operations engineers. Talks cover research and hobby projects, proof of concepts and production-ready tools and appliances used during development, testing, deployments and monitoring of Erlang systems.

21-03-2013, Thursday
Case Studies and Architecture

As Erlang's popularity grows, it keeps breaking into new verticals and is adopted by start-ups and Fortune 100 companies alike. In this track we get to listen to the war stories of novice and experienced users, looking at the benefits Erlang brings to these new business segments and introduce current and future distributed architectures. Talks will also include experience reports on how Erlang is introduced in new organizations.

22-03-2013, Friday
Erlang VM and Multi-core

In this track, you will learn from the leading experts and Erlang committers about new language constructs, virtual machine implementations and powerful libraries. Esoteric VM implementations are presented, alongside improvements and enhancements to the existing VM. You will learn how many of its features work and how to best use them to write fast and efficient code.

22-03-2013, Friday
Erlang in the Cloud

It has been said that Erlang if a perfect fit for cloud computing. Not only for developing applications, but also for powering cloud infrastructure. It has been used for cloud computing like applications and infrastructure a decade before the term was coined. The distributed and scalable nature of the cloud, both when implementing the underlying architecture and for applications running on them, fits Erlang like a glove. This track will at look at Erlang in the clouds from both sides.

22-03-2013, Friday
Erlang in Business

As Erlang grows into new niches, more and more companies are betting on Erlang as a strategic, game-changing technology. In this track, you will hear non technical talks from people who are using Erlang in business-critical settings or supplanting legacy technologies. They will share the benefits and advantages of using Erlang as a tool to build massively scalable, soft real time systems. 

22-03-2013, Friday
Big Data and Databases

Ever since Mnesia entered the scene in 1995, Erlang has been a language for the most discriminating database hackers. With CouchDB, Scalaris and Riak, Erlang is now on the forefront of the NoSQL wave - the biggest revolution in the database world since E.F. Codd invented the Relational Model. Alongside massive non-relational storage mediums, Erlang’s ability to distribute load across massive clusters has resulted in a wide range of frameworks, applications and uses around big data. This tracks investigates them all.


Videos from London Erlang Factory are now uploaded on the website

All videos from the London Erlang Factory Lite have now been uploaded. Watch them in the Talks section